Police: shooting was not random

The man was shot in the back and the leg, but police said the wounds were not considered life threatening. The shooting occurred at The Hillcroft Apartments on Kohanza Street just before 6 p.m.

Except for the man, police said no other injuries were reported.

Police are not releasing the victim's name, said Capt. Robert Myles, for several reasons. Among them, said Myles, "is that we consider him a witness and for safety."

Police said as of Friday evening no arrests had been made. The detective bureau is actively investigating the incident, said police.

The man was taken to Danbury Hospital, but police said they did not know if he had been released.

According to witnesses interviewed by a News-Times reporter Thursday night, a person who did not want to be identified said that at least two shots were fired and the victim made his way out of the complex under his own power and was picked up by a car that took him to the hospital.

The Hillcroft Apartments are a sprawling, 192-unit complex that overlooks the Ridgewood Country Club and is bordered by Clapboard Ridge Road and Kohanza and Cowperthwaite streets.